Army
J Veness
Rank: Private
Regiment: 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Veness
Brothers: Glencoe Veness & Harry Veness
Address: 4 Swaine’s Passage, All Saints Street, Hastings
Other Info: At the Front
Published: September 1915
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Army
Herbert Alfred George Sorrell
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Parents: Mr & Mrs A T Sorrell
Address: Silchester House, Swan Terrace, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website.
Published: September 1915
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Navy
Frederick Curtis Ross
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: 1st Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Parents: Mr G Frederick & Mrs Ellen Ross
Parent’s Address: 49 Havelock Road, Hastings
Home Address: 2 Bank Buildings, Hastings
Other Info: According to CWGC, Frederick died aged 18 on 13th November 1916. He was serving with Hawke Battalion, attached to 189th Machine Gun Company. Frederick is remembered at Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont Hamel, grave reference III.C.59.
Published: September 1915 & February 1917.
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Mercantile Marine
Harry Diton
Ship: HMS Transport SS Ariadue / SS Elswick Manor
Father: Mr Henry Diton
Brothers: Jack Diton & Wallace Diton
Address: 13 Woods Passage, All Saints Street
Second grandson of Councilor Dighton (sic). *The spelling of the surname ‘Diton’ corresponds with Navy records.
Published: September 1915 & April 1917
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Army
Bernard Dabson
Rank: Private
Regiment: 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs W T Dabson
Former Address: ‘Wesley’, Bourne Street, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded for a second time. Now in hospital in Shropshire. Formerly of the Hastings Observer and Pictorial Advertiser.
“… has gained the Military Medal which was presented to him last Sunday morning after Church Parade at Tunbridge Wells, by the Colonel in Command. After Church Parade the Battalion was marched back to the Parade Ground, and Private Dabson called to the front. The Colonel then said that it gave him great pleasure to decorate one of the 5th, and complimented him on his deed. Prior to pinning on the medal he read out what gained it: ‘On several occasions Private Dabson showed great devotion to duty and bravery in rescuing wounded men from No Mans Land under heavy shell fire.’ The Colonel warmly shook hands with Private Dabson, as did all the other officers.
Published: September 1915, November 1916 & March 1917
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Army
John Campion
Rank: Private
Regiment: 11th Battalion (Southdowns), Royal Sussex Regiment
Sent by: Miss Hilton
Miss Hilton’s Address: 18 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings
Other Info: Additional name information from the Royal Sussex – Southdowns website.
Published: September 1915
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Army
Bruce Buchanan
Regiment: Canadian Expeditionary Force
Mother: Mrs Buchanan
Address: 9 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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Army
G Brown
Rank: Private
Regiment: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Sent by: Miss E Foster
Miss Foster’s Address: 2 Garden Cottages, All Saints Street, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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Army
J Wood
Rank: Private
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Sent by: Miss Wood
Miss Wood’s Address: Royal Victoria Hotel, St Leonards
Other Info: In France. Resident of Hastings
Published: September 1915
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Army
J T Warren
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Parents: Mr & Mrs Warren
Brother: C H W Warren
Uncle: R W Willis
Address: 7 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings
Published: September 1915
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